WTMJ-AM (620) afternoon news anchor Dan O'Donnell sent out a letter Monday announcing he would be moving to WISN-AM (1130), where he will anchor newscasts and provide commentary. The letter is below. Below that is his WTMJ-AM biography.

I don't think a reggae record could get more typical than this. This is not what I expected to hear from one of the greatest musical geniuses of our time. Eddie Murphy, whose face I have not been able to take seriously since "Daddy Day Care", returns from his music hiatus with his homie Snoop Dogg...er Lion for one of the worst songs I've ever heard. On "Red Light" they tackle the social issues of today in such a compelling manner that I pushed stop before it was over. The only interesting thing about the track is that I've been singing the song the entire time I've been writing this. Bravo Eddie...Bravo.

The 16-year-old is a finalist in the online "Battle of the Year" dance competition, a competition tied to the dance-crew movie "Battle of the Year." He won the contest held in Chicago Aug. 18 to advance to the finals. | Sept. 6, 2013»Read Full Article

When potent and at times breathtakingly blunt artworks about black identity take up residence in one of the most racially and economically segregated cities in America for a summer, it begs the question -- What has been the impact?

The "30 Americans" show at the Milwaukee Art Museum, which closes after Sunday, features the work of black artists who reclaim, repurpose and rename history to interrogate truths about identity -- the black experience, gender issues and sexuality among them. (Here's my earlier review of the show and this week's podcast on the subject.) | Sept. 6, 2013»Read Full Blog Post(5)

From his early, playful pastiches through ambitious works like "The Fortress of Solitude" (2003) and "Chronic City" (2009), the self-referential meta-theme in every Jonathan Lethem novel has been why we tell stories — and what the narratives we write or endorse say about who we are.

Given that Lethem spent part of his childhood in a commune, it was therefore probably inevitable that he'd eventually explore one of the most seductive narratives of the last century: the Communist Party's once bright and shining vision of solidarity forever. | Sept. 6, 2013»Read Full Article

'Five Days at Memorial: Life and Death in a Storm-Ravaged Hospital,' By Sheri Fink. Crown. 576 pages. $27.

"Five Days at Memorial: Life and Death in a Storm-Ravaged Hospital," journalist Sheri Fink's probing account of the deaths of several gravely ill patients inside New Orleans' Memorial Hospital, opens with an apocalyptic scene.

It's four days after Hurricane Katrina and the once-thriving, orderly hospital stinks of human excrement. Hospital staff euthanize beloved pets abandoned by desperate owners. Dehydrated, nearly pulseless patients cling to life. The few remaining doctors anguish over what to do with these most vulnerable of invalids who are fighting liver failure, mesothelioma and other fatal diseases. An order comes down that the hospital must be vacated by nightfall, although rescue boats and helicopters have been slow in coming for days. | Sept. 6, 2013»Read Full Article(1)

Lady Gaga has a new album, “ARTPOP,” due out on Nov. 12, but will the new work put her back on the top of the pop charts?

If the primary theme of the busy spring album season was the comeback story — with long-absent heavyweights David Bowie, Justin Timberlake and Daft Punk generating headlines with their first new studio albums in several years — fall is dominated by safe-bet blockbusters from active, chart-topping artists like Katy Perry, Eminem and, again, Justin Timberlake. And it's going to be a particularly busy season for pop as we head into the holiday season.

‘Haiku in English: The First Hundred Years.’ Edited by James Kacian, Philip Rowland & Allan Burns

America gave Japan baseball; Japan gave us haiku. The trade has worked out well for both sides, as the pastimes have flourished in their imported countries, though sometimes in ways that tweak self-styled purists.

In the anthology "Haiku in English: The First Hundred Years" (W.W. Norton), editors Jim Kacian, Philip Rowland and Allan Burns bring together more than 800 of the little poems in an attempt to show how the form has developed in our tongue. | Sept. 6, 2013»Read Full Article(1)

Run for their lives

Probably the granddaddy of charity runs in Milwaukee, the Briggs & Al's Run for Children's Hospital, has gone through a number of incarnations. This year's run — the 35th — takes place Saturday. Over the years it has collected more than $14 million in donations. This year the 3K and 5K walks and the 8K run begin at N. 12th St. and W. Wisconsin Ave. and end at the Henry W. Maier Festival Park. The run starts at 10:15 a.m. Registration is $35 for adults the day of the race, $30 for walkers. Shave $5 off by registering in advance. Children (ages 12 and under) walking pay $12, or $17 to run; $2 discount for preregistration. Go to events.chw.org. | Sept. 6, 2013»Read Full Article

Here is the third episode of Art City Radio, the not-ready-for-prime-time podcast about art, architecture and urban design in Milwaukee.

When potent and at times breathtakingly blunt art about black identity takes up residence within one of the most racially and economically segregated cities in America, it begs the question -- what has been the impact. | Sept. 6, 2013»Read Full Blog Post

A casual south side Indian-Pakistani restaurant, Kavo-Apna, offers something besides the expected lunchtime buffet and a standing menu of curries, grilled meats and rolls: It fills tiffins, the multilayered Indian lunch boxes.

The start of the NFL season Thursday on NBC went unseen by subscribers of Time Warner Cable, where the blackout of Journal Broadcast Group stations, including WTMJ-TV (Channel 4), entered its 44th day.

Despite expectations that the football season, and the fall network prime-time season, would help the two sides resolve their dispute over fees paid by the cable service to carry the station's programming, Journal Broadcast said the cable company's claim that it has sold WTMJ's dial location "is not acceptable to us." | Sept. 6, 2013»Read Full Blog Post(78)

Nothing says an enthusiastic "good morning" like a monster cinnamon roll, now does it?

At Wolf Peach's weekend brunch, orange and cinnamon are equal partners in the roll ($6), and this is a very good thing; the citrus makes it pop. The roll arrives tender and yeasty and pierced through its glazed top with an enormous knife, usually used to subdue large pieces of meat. You'll need the knife to carve this sweet into manageable pieces. | Sept. 6, 2013»Read Full Article(1)